Improvement in harvester-droppers



` iustment of said attachments.

A is not upright, but inclined, so that its head' WILLIAM N. 'WHITELEIQ OF SPRINGFIELD, OHIO.

IMPROVEYM ENT IN HARVESTER-DROPPERS.

Specification forming part of Letters Patent No. 105,396, dated July 12, 1870.

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, WILLIAM N. WHITE- LEY, of Springfield, in the county of Clarke and State of Ohio, have invented a new and useful Improvement in Harvesters; and I do hereby declare the following to be a full, clear, and exact description of the same, reference being had to theV accompanying drawing, in

` Figure 1 is a side elevation of my invention. Fig. 2 is a rear elevation ofthe same. Fig. 3 is a-plan of the same. Fig. 4 is a perspective, showing standard as it is attached. Fig. 5 is a perspective View of same detached.

This invention relates to that portion or attachmentto aharvesterknown as a dropper; 7 and it consists in constructing the lifter and hinge-joint of a single piece of metal and in the form shown.

That others may fully nn derstand my invention, I will particularly describe it.

It is considered of the highest importance in the manufacture of agricultural implements to reduce the number of parts to the minimum consistent with proper efiiciency. I have therefore devised the standard A with one part of a hinge-joint, B, formed in the front edge of its foot, and to the head of this standard is attached the lifting-rod C and theconnecting-rod D of the check-hole E, a number of holes, F, being pierced in the upper end of said standard, for the purpose of proper ad- The standard is outside of the line of the inner cutter and free from contact with the falling grain, and its foot is firmly boltedV to the dropper-beam G, with the front edge in line with the 'ront edge of the said beam. The part lil is bolted to the finger-beam I, and a pivot-bolt, which passes through corresponding portions of the foot of the standard A and the part H, forms the joint B. An ordinary hinge-connection, J, unites the outer ends of the dropper-bea and nger-beam.

The standard A therefore sustains directly all of the strains between the lifting-rod and the hinge B. The fastenings of the beam G to the standard will therefore be lmuch more secure and permanent, and said beam will be subjected to much less'stran than would be the case if the hinge B and standard A were separately attached.

The dropper-slats K K are attached to the beam G in the usual way; but, in addition to the usual dropper-slats KK, I attach an additional slat, L, at the inner end of the dropper, and in a position presenting an inclined sur face to the plane of the slats K K, but with 4 the usual interval between the innermost slat K and the slat L.

The object and purpose of the slat L is to prevent any scattering of the falling grain over the inner end of the dropper during the operation of the machine, while the interval between said slat and the outermost of the slats K permits the usual action of the stubble when the dropper falls to discharge a gavel. The slat L is not secured to the beam G, but is secured entirely to the standard A, a proper face being formed thereon for that purpose, and the rear edge of said standard, being eX- tended backward for the purpose, receiving the front end of said slat.

It is preferred to secure the slat L to the standard A, not only because, from its posi tion, it is more convenient, but because it is more securely and rigidly held than it could be if secured to the beam G.

The end slats have most duty to perform,

and are therefore made stronger and broader than the intermediate slats.

Having now described my invention, what l claim as new is- The lifting-standard A, constructed as described, forming a part of the hinge B and al support for the inclined slat L, as set forth.

WM. N. WHITELEY.

Witnesses y T. J. PRINGLE, B. F. WRIGHT. 

